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LOT 1451
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 1/2 in. (233 grams, 26.7 cm).
With foliate blade and raised mid-rib with the tang bent at the tip. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 1, London, 2002, item 31, p.34, for similar blades.
FootnotesSimilar spearheads were excavated in the Marlik Royal cemetery by Dr Negahban, see for example in tomb 47, Trench XXIIE. They were the evolution of a typology which began much earlier in Mesopotamia and the fertile crescent, the type 4 of the Stronach classification, with straight tang and square section, usually thickened at the base with a button tang. The foliate blade was wide and exaggerated in some specimens excavated at Marlik.
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Luristan Bronze Spearhead
Circa 1000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With short foliate blade, shallow midrib and long socketted shaft with fastening holes. 112 grams, 22.8 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Medieval Enamelled Bronze Dagger Pommel
Circa 12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Formed as an octofoil with frond to one face, three-towered castle to the other. 22.2 grams, 26 mm
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Having foliate blade with central rib and slender shoulders, short rectangular shaft and tang with a bent end. 412 grams, 42.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
A number of similar blades, some considered to be spearheads and others to be daggers, all with bent tang, derived from Tepe Hissar Culture III. Some of them, like our specimen, have a button terminal, some others have a plain, pointed terminal. The general dating of these specimens is fixed to the early 2nd millennium B.C.
